In Memory of Carol Ann

Dedicated to Erin Elizabeth and Deanna Carol


Any society that would give up a little liberty for a little security deserves neither and will lose both.

Benjamin Franklin.













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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Apollo 13 Anniversary


Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 13 and a tribute to the Country who made it possible.
The following information indicates that America could well afford our Space Program.
Cost of Living 1970
How Much things cost in 1970
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 5.84%
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 5.9%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 838
Average Cost of new house $23,450.00
Average Income per year $9,400.00
Average Monthly Rent $140.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 36 cents
Shaefer Pen $9.95
United States postage Stamp 6 cents
Sports Illustrated 15 cents
Mans Westclox Watch $18.00
AMC Gremlin $1879

Patriot Act / Homeland Stupidity / KGB

I'm confused, who is the evil empire and which side are they on?
It appears the United States of America after 50 years embroiled in a Cold War, has adopted the philosophy of the opposition?
Can we wave the flag of Democracy and mock it's core values?

I was surprised the United States chose the name Homeland Security as the former USSR chose a similar name : Committee for State Security, both agencies provide security,or one would assume from their titles. The USSR agency is better known as an acronym simply: KGB

On the surface neither of these agencies evoke fear and sound somewhat generic. It's not known the full extent of espionage associated under the Committee for State Security as most of their work was done in secrecy.We do know that the citizens of the USSR feared the KGB. I find it odd the citizens would have such fear of a agency providing security.

The USA Patriot Act: is also an acronym and so has nothing to do with the USA or patriotism as the name implies (see below) . More of word play like Weapons of Mass Destruction, really wasn't there at all. It could also mean:
Unconstitutional= Surveillance= Against=the People= of America= To =Repent =Into= Oppression= & Tyranny but that's nonsense!!!
The actual abbreviation would be UASABPATRTIAOT but this lacks the poetic license of the Bush Administration and USA Patriot Act makes the legislation easier for Americans to digest. Just another play on words.
It does however, legalizes the same Unconstitutional espionage in the USA.

We don't know what laws they're secretly violating and probably never will.
The big question is; why should we have a US Constitution if Congress can override our rights.
Sounds to me like maybe we need to go back to 1776 and start over!!!

The KGB spyed on the the citizens of the USSR with impunity. The Patriot Act violates the 4th amendment to the US Constitution of "Illegal Search and Seizures".
The Homeland Security Act interfaces public information with the CIA/FBI/Secret Service information gained from reading our mail, listening to our phone calls, and monitoring e-mails which are all unconstitutional without court orders according to the 4th Amendment.

The following information is from wikipedia the on-line encyclopedia. Editing is a product of this blog. If you wish you may access the materials in their entirety on line




The USA PATRIOT Act, commonly known as the "patriot act", is a statute enacted by the United States Government and signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The contrived acronym stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law Pub.L. 107-56).

The Act increases the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and other records; eases restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; expands the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadens the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expands the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.






The Act was passed by wide margins in both houses of Congress and was supported by members of both the Republican and Democratic parties. Opponents of the law have criticized its authorization of indefinite detentions of immigrants; searches through which law enforcement officers search a home or business without the owner’s or the occupant’s permission or knowledge; the expanded use of National Security Letters, which allows the FBI to search telephone, e-mail, and financial records without a court order; and the expanded access of law enforcement agencies to business records, including library and financial records. Since its passage, several legal challenges have been brought against the act, and Federal courts have ruled that a number of provisions are unconstitutional.


Homeland Stupidity Act 2002






In the United States

In the United States, the concept of "homeland security" extends and recombines responsibilities of several government agencies and entities, including the United States National Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Secret Service, the Transportation Security Administration, and Civil Air Patrol.

The George W. Bush administration consolidated many of these activities under the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a new cabinet department established as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. However, much of the nation's homeland security activity remains outside of DHS; for example, the FBI and CIA are not part of the Department, and other agencies such as the Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services play a significant role in certain aspects of homeland security. Homeland security is coordinated at the White House by the Homeland Security Council, currently headed by John Brennan.

KGB: translated means Committe for State Security

The KGB (КГБ) is the common abbreviation for the Russian: About this sound Комитет государственной безопасности​ (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti or Committee for State Security). It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and its premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.

The contemporary State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus uses the Russian name KGB. Most of the KGB archives remain classified, yet two on-line sources are available.

  1. ^ a b http://www.yale.edu/annals/sakharov/sakharov_list.htm, The KGB File of Andrei Sakharov, Joshua Rubenstein and Alexander Gribanov eds., in Russian and English.
  2. ^ http://psi.ece.jhu.edu/~kaplan/IRUSS/BUK/GBARC/buk.html archive of documents about KPSS and KGB, collected by Vladimir Bukovsky.






History







Occasionally, the KGB would secretly murder citizens under the order of Stalin.The Cheka was established to defend the October Revolution and the nascent Bolshevik state from its enemies—principally the monarchist White Army. To ensure the Bolshevik régime's survival, it suppressed counter-revolution with domestic terror and international deception.







Suppressing ideological subversion










Monument to KGB victims, Vilnius, Lithuania.






During the Cold War, the KGB actively suppressed "ideological subversion"—unorthodox political and religious ideas and the espousing dissidents. In 1967, the suppression increased under new KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov, who said all dissent threatened the Soviet state—including anti-Communist religious movements. Most arrested dissidents were sentenced to indefinite terms in Gulag-administered forced labour camps—where their dissension lacked the strength it might have had in public. Moreover, Yale University archive documents record that suppressing "ideological subversion" was the principal preoccupation of Yuri Andropov and Vitali Fedorchuk when each was KGB Chairman







Saturday, April 10, 2010

$$$ Liars and Crooks Tax $$$


How about a tax imposed on elected officials each time they lie, misspoke, cheat, steal or behave inappropriately. We should also deny retirements payments for those who resign in the face of impeachments.

Friday, April 9, 2010

The Slacker Administration Act 2010


Have you ever wondered how many people actually work and how many people are merely watching others labor. It seems that while some Americans work, an ever increasing number of people simply attach themselves to the sweat of others labor.
Frivolous Political Bureaucrats who strangle the GDP in America.
We always have recognized the need for teachers and instructors as necessary to insure a qualified worker. Teachers Instructors produce indirectly to the production via their students justifying their place
Supervisors are necessary to maintain quality and efficiency of production.
The people who concern me are the bureaucrats who sit silently and detract from production.
How many government workers are required to drive the golden spike. We know the work requires only one man, one hammer and one spike.
Government dictates many more are needed to suck off the GDP as bureaucrats. How many people does the government appoint to insure each worker pays his tax, buys mandatory insurances, wears seat belts, head gear, works safely, doesn't pollute the environment, doesn't make noise or start work to early, carries proper permits, licenses and certifications and civil rights for minorities. Hunting and Fishing now require permits fees and stamps.
None of these agencies increase production or quality. Many countries around the world provide free harassment, it's in their constitutions. Only in America do citizens pay to be harassed.
College degrees are offered to comply with these foolish regulations.
Government bureaucracy have become so complex cottage industries have sprouted to interact for people who don't have the time or patients to deal with the nonsense. These people are paid to stand in line and wait for imaginary assistance on touch tone cyber languages. This is sub level of worker who's only existence is to satisfy the bureaucrats in power, adding zero to GDP. Include to this number are the people who won't work and can't work.
A possible solution to boost American Productivity would be to legislate another giant bureaucracy "The Slacker Administration Act". We take all government employees , department and bureaus condense them into one huge slacker bureaucracy. Similar to Homeland Stupidity and pay them to stay home out of the way. This will save money in that they will not require any office, energy or cars and the rest of us can do our work unimpeded. Is it any wonder the American worker fails to compete in global markets as he must support Congress and so many non producing parasites watching his labor and robbing his pay!!
Call your Congressmen today and voice your support for The Slacker Administration Act 2010

Social Surveillance


Social Security is a number attached to your soul at birth by the US Government. The legislation passed in 1935 was sold to the American people as part of the New Deal of the FDR Administration.
Intended to provide retirement money for elderly Americans no longer able to work.
Social Security Legislation specifically prohibits the use of your Social Security number for any purpose, other than business with Social Security Administration.
The legislators of the day feared the number could be used as a tracking device similar to 1900 Germany demanding your papers for everything. Since 1935 this number has evolved to regular illegal use for Social Surveillance by the US Government.
Even though strictly prohibited by law your retirement information is required to obtain Employment, Phones, Water, Banking, Electric Service and State Driver's License. You cannot access Credit or Credit Cards without disclosing your 666 number. In Florida you must provide your number to obtain a Sun Pass for discounts on Toll Roads. Thus every time your Sun Pass Transmitter passes ANY Check Point, Big Brother is watching.
If you have a cell phone the newer phones have Global Positioning Technology standard. The government can place your location anywhere on the Planet within a few inches. You can run but you can't hide any longer. Once our freedom technology of cell phone and Internet access are now your electronic leash via the number.
Money deducted from employer payrolls guarantees the IRS will have access to your money at all times. Any improper behaviors can place your money at risk, the IRS will seize your checking account and your retirement funds. Sounds really shitty huh!

Social Security is a tax referred to as a "contribution" from all wage earners in America. If you earn money; the government will seize a portion for another's retirement.
The purpose of this extortion was to provide revenue in the depression (see social security act 1935) . In 1937 people who paid nada began receiving benefits. Government jobs were created to administrate payments and collections of your money. Any one can see the small portion of population above 65 as opposed to all workers not eligible creates a immediate glut of money from minimal deductions from each worker paychecks.
The money collected is worth more than the payout dollars.
Ten thousand dollars in 1965 is equivalent to sixty thousand dollars in 2010. Or to stay even, every dollar seized in 65 would now require six dollars returned 2010. People retiring today are clearly not living from money they set aside. That money is long gone. Therefore; as long as more people are penalized, than the claims are paid out, the scheme works.

If you die before 65 and many do; Dead people don't collect and this helps a bunch. If you earn nothing and never work you still collect! (providing you reach 65). If your a criminal alien illegal to the US you are still eligible to collect through the SSI program. Obviously our government prefers to track illegals with the same Social Security Carrots. (great country huh) They don't care where you were born. They just want you to have a number!
The bottom line here is when you entrust these thieves with your money they become in control of your destiny. They may give you money or they might choose to enrich themselves or strangers. Health Care works in the same manner, a tiny benefit with life long strings attached. Social Security has failed to produce quality retirements for citizens. Claiming your money you are prohibited to work thereafter, even if able.
It has however, been very successful in controlling the population in America from birth to grave.
Certainly Social Security is a noble idea that can work if placed off limits from spying thieves in government. Personal and confidential to only the citizens for retirement. Removed from commerce, employers and IRS. All the benefits minus the extortion and surveillance.

The way I see it Social Security is money fraudulently collected that insures that the contributors will live in poverty after age 65. This extortion collected from each citizen guarantees the Federal Government will control your life through fear from the eminent old age. If you want to retire well; you should work for the government or, a run in Congress guarantees you will never do without!!
Your retirement is not for:
1. Banking
2.Driving
3. Employment
4. Electric, Phones, Water services
5. Tax collections

Sooo if congress didn't increase the COLA it's because they do as they please. If you refuse to pay them your tax they will throw your ass in jail. This is looking like a better option all the time. Just better government housing

Anyhow there is no difference between Social Security and a Ponzi Scheme.

Don't re-elect anyone, abolish Social Security, Health Care Reform and the IRS. Pass 29th amendment to the Constitution making it illegal collect tax from one person and give it to another. That's why we have churches, for charity..

Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned. The Ponzi scheme usually entices new investors by offering returns other investments cannot guarantee, in the form of short-term returns that are either abnormally high or unusually consistent. The perpetuation of the returns that a Ponzi scheme advertises and pays requires an ever-increasing flow of money from investors to keep the scheme going

Monday, April 5, 2010

Political Asylum


The Republicans are the party of Hell Know

The Democrat are the party of Oh Know

Americans need the party of Does Know

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Butler Wins the Four at Indy


Butler University defeated Michigan just now on CBS! This is truly a modern day David and Goliath story. The game played this year in Indy!!

The Butler Field house in Indianapolis found international exposure in the 1985 Gene Hackman flick "Hoosiers". Most of the film was shot within 30 miles of Butler. The NCAA is played at various venues each year adding to the irony that a very tiny college in Indy's old north side is competing for national recognition in Indy
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"Hoosiers" is the accurate story of the 1954 Indiana HS State Basketball Champions where the town of Milan,In pop 500. Won the big show against Muncie Central a school with more students than the whole town of Milan. Muncie's team accurately portrayed as predominantly negro and much taller adds to the team win.

As you may note; I'm very close to this story. My mother received a Masters and Doctorate at Butler as I grew up.
One more game Monday Night and the Cinderella Story of tiny Milan HS and Bobby Plumps final shot from the cheap seats could repeat on National Stage 56 years later if Butler wins Monday!!